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 i*!lH m I .. hj A CAST FOR FO RTUNE. Bx Cheistiait Reid, in "Lippikoott's Magazine." CHAPTEE XVI. The next few days were.fuU of varied plea- sure for the relief expedition as Derwent still laughingly called the party that bad come so far to seek him. Though he had spoken lightly, he was in reality very frateful to Halbert, as well as to Sibyl renox, and he was determined to spare no eflFort to reward them for their kindness. Consequently, he worked energetically in arranging expeditions of sight-seeing, in or- ganizing all the details which make such ex- peditions pleasant, and in providing them â- with many glowing memories of the beaut i- ful Mexican capital to carry away wi"h them. Even Mrs. Derwent enjoyed the novel and lirilliant sights, the picturesque life, and the marvellous charm of the climate, notwithst.xniling her perennial surprise at the highly-civilized aspect of most things around her. "Why, this is like Paris " she exclaimed, in her amazement, when she first saw the Paseo at the fashionable hour, " â€" the roadway thronged with handsome, equipages, which rolled down the wide avenue, fit for the triumphal progress of an emperor, with flashing wheels, gleaming har- neaa. liigh-stepping horses, and all the out- ward paraphernalia of luxury and wealth, or paused for a fev minutes in the superb circle, where a band was filling the air with melody, just as the long, level rays of part- ing sunlight flooded the atmosphere and the surrounding scene with am.ber splendor. " Like Paris " repeated Sibyl. " Oh, no ' Paris is tame, compared to this. The social part of the display may remind one some- what of the Champs-Elysees and the Bois de Boulogne, but where else in the world will one find such a setting for social display as. is here?" "Kit exists, I certainly do not kuow where to find it," said Halbert, looking around at a scene which is indeed almost â- without parallel in its beauty, â€" the splendid avenue, with its level straightness broken at intervals by magnificent circles embellished â- with heroic groups of statuary, and its long, leafy vista ending in the superb mass of the Castle of Chapultepec, tlie lovely outspread valley crossed by the gray arches of an aque- duct that datas from the Conquest, the pic- turesque mass of tlie city's towers and domes, and against the eastern sky the wonderful mountain -ranges, wearing such divinely lucid tints of color as no pen or brush can ever describe or reproduce, with the majes- tic summits of the two great volcanoes towering above, clad in the dazzling white- ness of their eternal snow. Again and again Sibyl thanked Derwent for having provided the cause which drew them to this fascinating land. In the brill- iant sunshine of lays filled with color and fragrance, withloiteringsin rich, dim church- sand lovely old-world cloisters, in plazas filled with tlie life of the dark, gentle, courte- ous people, and no marble terraces below which spread the most beautiful of earthly views, all things painful and disagreeable seemed to fade into insignificance. Yet, so- licitous as he was for the pleasure of the others, Derwent could not himself liave enjoyed the picturesque scenes amid which they wandered had he not possessed one underlying consciousness, ©ie constant thought, ever witli him "I shall see her again " But for that, everything would have been a weariness which was now a de- light. Only day by day the longing for her presence grew more insistent. Jsowand then it startled hini; Now and then he roused himself from his dream of expecta- tion to ask what he should do wlien the meeting to which he looked forward so eigerly was over, wlien there was no longer anything to sustain him in the hopeless pain of separation. •'I shall not blow out my brains," he would think, "and that is the only tiling of which I am certain. I shall live, I shall work, and perhaps after a wliile I shall grow used to it, as one does grow used to all forms of suffering but bej-ond that I cannot look. Nor will I look. She is coming. I shall see her, I shall touch her band and meet her eyes again, and that is enough." But before slie came there was a surprise, amounting to a shock, in s1or3 for him. It occurred one evening when, Mrs. Derwent d Sibyl having retired early, wearied by a day of sight-seeing, Halbert and himself were, smoking together in the sitting-room of the former. The door â- was open, partly for the balmy air, partly that thej' might en- joy the fairy-like scene which the hotel and its garden always present at night. â€" the graceful enoircling galleries lighted briliantly with incandescent electric lights, and the rich tropical foliage of the garden fully re- vealed in the white radiance. "I have never been in a place that charm- ed me so much as this," said Halbert, after a pause of some length. "I do not think it is the peculiar circumstances that make every- thing seem so enchanting. And, by the bye, Geottrey, I feel that I ought to tell you sotnetliiug about those circumstances. It hardly seems fair to keep you in ignorance. Sibyl' insists that it makss no difference but I am not sure " "Sibyl " repeated Derwent,- staring at the other. He had never known Halbert so familiar before, for Miss Lenox, though a relative of Mrs. Derwent, was not at all re- lated to the young man, who was Derwent's cousin on his father's side. "What are j'ou talking abouf?" he asked. "What circum- stances have occurred which Sibjd thinks do not concern me?" ' Halbert smoked- for a moment silently be- fore he answered. Then he turned and faced his comjwuion directly. "She has promised to marry me," he said, "and, al- though she assures nie positively to the con- trary, I fear the news will not be pleaaant to ypu." There was more than a moment's silence now. Derwent felt indeed as if he had been laost unexpectedly knocked down. This â- was *a. event on which he had not reckoned in calculating the x)osaibility of atoning for his father's wrong-doing. In all his consid- erations he had never considered the proba- bility that Sybil might marry before she attained her majority, and thus anticipate the time of settlement in fact, there can be little doubt that the general opinion of every one about them had led him to faiKy that lie might marry her himself, if he chofie to do so. The blow to his vanity (which really had. been very little concerned) was not, Ikowever, the cause of his sileaice. He 'was f»v«^rhelmed by the terrible necessity of teiliog Halbert how matters stood. But nothing was more natural than that Halbert should have misunderstood his sil- ence. He said at length, in a low tone, "GeoflF, I am more sorry for this than I can say. I feared it would be so, but Sibyl was sure that I was mistaken. She insisted that you never were in love with her, but I knew you could not have been associated with her so closely and fail to be." "Sibj-1 is right," said Derwent, rousing himself with an effort. " I suppose it is because we have been associated so closely â€" almostlikebrother and sister â€" that I never was in love with her, though I know of no girl more altogether worthy of a man's love. As far as that is concerned, you have my heartiest congratulations indeed, you have them in any case. But your news has been a shock to me for an altogether different reason. I am in terrible trouble about Sibyl's fortime." "Geoffrey " "Yes that is why I am here. 'When I looked into my father's affairs after his death, I found, to mj' horror, that he had used Sibyl's money in an unjustifiable manner. Of course he intended to replace it, â€" it happened, unfortunately, to be in a temptingly convenient form, â€" but death overtook him, as it has overtaken many another man, jjefore he could repair what had done. You may not have kno^wn that he was concerned in several unlucky specu- lations during the last years of his life." "I susptcted it," said Halbert. "In fact, it.was whispered once or twice that he. was very hard liit. But, when nothing seemed to come of it, I forgot the rumors. Geoff, my poor fellow, this is awful How does his own fortune stand " "Very much impared, â€" so much that when I make good the loss on Sibyl's fortune my mother will be very straitened in means. It was to save her from this, and also to save my father's honor, that I intended try ing to replace what had been lost during the time that remains of Sibyl's minority. I de- cided that my best chance to make money quickly was here so I came, â€" with what result, thus far, you know. " "You have riot been here very long," said Halbert. "One failure signifies nothing How have you been impressed by the pos- sible chances?" "I have 1)een very well impressed. There is no place in the world, I am sure, where it is possible for the inve stment of a little capital to produce such large results. But time is needed to accomplish these results." "That is the case everywhere. Only in dreams are fortunes realized in a day. '\Vell, my dear fellow, as far as I am concerned,^ and I know I can answer for Sibyl, â€" the time is yours. Neither she nor â-  I will de- mand what has been lost, because we are well assured that you will repay it to the last farthing as soon as you are able. Only take care that you do not risk more than you can afford in the pursuit of it." "I shall take care," siid Derwent, "fori cannot afford to lose anything, and nothing is so near my heart as the payment of this debt. Frank, you are a true friend I can never forget how you have taken this I have no words with which to thank you, but I feel it more deeply than I can say. " "You have no reason to thank me," re- plied the other. "Merely as man to man could I do less when I have the utmost con- fidence in your honor and know that you are anxious to repair what is no fault of yours Besides this, my uncle's good name is almost as dear to me as if it is to you. I can never fail to remember that he put me on my feet when I was young and struggling. For the rest, it is not Sibyl's fortune that I have sought in seeking her, though of course it will be my duty to see tliat it is not thrown away. If it were legitimately lost, however, I should not mourn. We can do without it." "You shall not need to do without it," said Derwent. "Your faith and confidence give me fresh courage. There are many more mines in-Mexico besides the Buena Esper- anza, and, God helping me, one of them shall j'ield Ixick all that has been lost of Sibyl's fortune." "And something for youreelf too, I hope," said Halliert, smiling. Not for a long time had sleep lx;en so, sweet to Derwent as it was that night. The consciousness of his cousin's friendshipâ€"so quiet, so undemonstrative, but so sincere, when tried by the test most difficult to man â€" seemed to revive his whole nature like strong wine. The faith that believed so firmly in his honor, and the sympathy that felt with him in his trouble, gave him that comfort which even the strongest natui stand in need. of. He knew not what a strain it had been to bear his burden alone, and he said to himself that, helped by such friend- ship, his strength would be "as the strength of ten" to redeem his father's honor and justify the confidence placed in his own. Morning in Mexico is almost always what morning must have been in the primal Para- ri;=o Nowhere else, surely, could the world dise. have seemed so entirely as if it were freshly created and rejoicing in its creation. What floods of sunshine, what lucid skies, what enchanting atmosphere, what buoyant fresh- ness of air, these mornings bring to the awakening earth Merely to be alive seems joy enough, but, if other joy i« added, then the fresh gladness of nature is like the special touch of an exquisite ^ympath j-. So it seemed to Derwent when he opened his eyes to the joyous brightness of another day in the land of sunshine and all the brightness was tenfold enhanced when the first news that he heard on emerging from his apartment â€" brought bj' the messenger whom he had employed to call at the house every day â€" was that Don Maurizio and his household had arrived. (to BE COXnXITED.) The Size of Boyal Heads. The Prince o^ 'ales wears bell-shaped silk hats. He pays 25 shOlings each for them. He has a remarkably even-^aped head, the hatters say, and his size k TJ. Prince Albert 'Victor only takes 6f The brims of his hats are enormously arch- ed, to take off the effect of his long face. His brother Prince George, takes a 6|. The Em- peror of Germany, who has a very uneven head,takes a 6|. So dees the duke of leck. .- » "Aw, you make me tired," u tjie wagon wj^eelaaid to the^blacksmith. ,. .._ There is no easy path leading.a| ptjile, and few are the easy ones that Ue within it. ABIDE SUCH AS WAS HEVEE TAKEN- VMM «lii8*Tj«dieHSk t* «t. Petersb«rs« 5,400 HUes, on the Same Horse. It is a matter of astonishment to many that in this age of feats of endurance so little has been heard of equestrian feats of the Captain Bumaby order. Since the famous ride to Khiva, perhaps the most notable achievement of the kind was that last year ot Comet Asayeff, who, it will be remembered, rode from Lubeen (in Poland) to Paris. Few are aware, however, that both Bumaby's and Asayeff's feats are now being surpassed. A Siberian Cossack, Dmetree Pjeshkoff by name, is now on a ride from Blagovjechensk, in Eastern Siberia, to St. Petersburg. Bla- govjechensk is a Cossack station on the Amour, in latitude 50 N., longitude 127 ° E., and the distance Pjeshkoff will have to cover before he reaches his distination is about 8,000 versts, or 5,400 English miles. The intrepid rider set out on the 7th ot No- vember last, and on the 27th of February, 1 13 days afterward, at 2 o'clock in the after- noon, arrived at Omsk (55 «N., 74 â- = £). having accomplished 4.900 versts, or nearly 3,300 miles of his journey. On the third of last month he resumed his task, and has now arrived in St. Petersburg. The hero of this remarkable feat, a man of some education, is comfnander of a hun- dred in one of theCossack regiments station- ed on the Amour, and has had, therefore, to obtain leave of absence from his duties to enable him to carry out his project. The ride is remarkable enough on account of the distance to be covered, the many dangers and difficulties of the road, and the trying nature of the climateof the districts through which the road lies. But more remarkable than any other circumstance is the fact that the same horse carried Pjeslikoff from one end of his journey to the other. This anim- al, which on its arrival in St. Petersburg was as much an object of admiration as its rider, is of the ordinary Cossack breed. It was bom in Siberia, .and was purchased by Capt. Pjeshkoff for 150 roubles, or £15. It is 13 years old, and of a light gray color. In height it is only 1 arshine 15 versaks, and is therefore much under ,the average size. At Omsk it underwent an ex- amination at the hands of Gen. Taube and various officers of the staff, and was reported to be in excellent condition, save that the hair on its back had been worn away by the constant friction of the saddle. In the per- son of Capt. Pjeshkoff it has only a liglit weight to carrj' that officer weighing only 3 poods 22 pounds, but saddle, saddle-bags, ondaccoutrements,c., bring up the total weight to be carried to 4 poods 38 pounds' This weight in English measure, taking the pood as Ijeing equal to 36 pounds avoirdu- pois,, would be about Hi stone. The food of the horse consisted of oats and hay. Capt. Pjeshkoff noted in the diary which he keeps the weight of these consumed per diem, and has observed that the appetite of THE WONDEES ABOVE US. Ice Fields on the Planet Mars. Hew DlseoTerles of ;reat ipterest. Everybody must have noticed how Mars adorns the sky in these sammer evenings. The beautiful planet, in which so high a degree of interest has been awakened by Scniaparelli's wonderful discoveries, can be seen just in the south between 9 and 10 o'clock. It appears in the constellation Scorpio, sometimes of a rich j'ellow or orange color, and sometimes decidedly red. The varioas conditions of the atmosphere and the differences, in the eyes of observers all have their part in determining the de- scription of its color. Not far away among the stars that are now grouped about the planet of war is Antares, one of the first magnitude, â- whose name some think was given to it on account of its resemblance to Mars in color. To most eyes Antares will pro- bably appear of a deeper and livelier red thsm Mars. It is interesting to observe how completely the planet eclipses in splendor so bright a star as Antares. It may also in- terest the reader to know that while the distance of Mars from the earth is now some fifty millions of miles, that of Antares is so great that astronomers have not suc- ceeded in measuring it. They are only able to say that it cannot be less than fifty million times as far away as Mars is. There is nothing more certain than that if that red star which appears so faint by compari- son with the ruddy planet, were suddenly brought up to the place that Mars occupies, night would vanish in an INCOMPARABLY GRANDER sunrise than this terrestrial ball has ever witnessed. In truth, it is more than prob- able that in the fiery blaze of the monster sun, thus brought so near, all living things would be destroyed upon the earth. The oceans would boil away in vapor, and the very ground would smoke. Yet at its actual distance Antares appears to us to pale in the presence of the reflected light of a planet muc I smaller than the earth. Some highly interesting and significant re- sults have recently been obtamed by photo- graphing Mars. A series of photographs majde in April by Mr. Wilson, and briefly described by Prof. Pickering in the Sidereal AlexHiinijur, suggest the possibility that tlie sputhern temperate regions of Mars have just experienced an irruption of polar ice no less remarkable than that which still adds the zest of danger to the navigation of our own North Atlantic. That our readers may know just what the observed phenomena are, we reproduce Prof. Pickering's descrip- tion of the photographs "Seven ^^ews w^re taken April 9, be- tween 22h. 56m. and 23h. 41m., Greenwich mean time. Seven more were taken April 10, between 23h. 20m. and 23h. 32m. Thus the same face of the planet was presented in both Onlookmg at a map of m^^. seen that such a waterway as w!!,!"" W ed to convey vast quantitie?oH? "^^ south polar region into temnerUl "' ""e exists on that planet iu^afi'Wlles where the strange phenomena rV. T PV nl«P,rv..^ The drif tm "^^^ ' observed, *ete there the ^*fe taken was, must have covered^tle ^i ""^^ what has been called the De oZf ^^l and extending thence toward ti^^ '^ea passed through a broad stra.t -^^^'of southern end of the De I a P,, n '°^ Unfortunately, no phot^il^; '«- showing the conditioT. of thSrort["T" side of the planet, but it is prokt?'« simdar extension of the ioe an,Ui " » occurred there also. There are I "^?'°i straits connecting the southera'plf"!*! Mars with the equatwial ocS-'fi" "' THE BROAD WATEUWVY already mentioned, and then the 7.v feea, the ISewton Sea, and th^ r., i ^^'"^f By any of these pas.s;ges it wou " -^^' the polar ice floe^coufd,;4:it^Pl«ar. ward the equator. ""'f 'ayto- If it could be proved that Mars h „ St experienced an extraordi--' of ice in its oceans, the fact jnst experienced an extraonlh,;',;.';.-';,"'"'" nf ,Vu in Uo ^1 '"3 visitation "owH not l,e •w-ithout its weight in deten tion of extra-terrestr ology. The trutli is tion of e.xtra-terrestriaihi^liucâ„¢" "'â- ' ""**' his steed increases as the distance travelled i c ises. Distinct and identifiable spots and becomes greater. At the start eight pounds j markings are well shown in all the pictures, of oats and ten pounds of hay per day were ' '-- sufficient to satisfy it, but by the time Omsk was reached thirty pounds of the former commodity and fourteen pounds of the latter were required. As for drink, for the great- er portion of the journey the horse drank no water in the liquid form, being obliged to be content to quench its thirst by eating snow snatched up on the road. An English horse reduced to such necessity would not survive the ordeal, but most Cos- sack horses are used! to it, and receive no harm whatever. The line route from Blagovjechensk to Omsk lay through Strejtensk, Verchnevo- dinsk, Irkutsk, Atchensk, and Tomsk, a^nd at each of these places stoppages were made, amounting in all to 254 days; To obtain the exact time occupied in the saddle be- tween Nov. 7 and Feb. 27, it will be necess- ary, therefore, to deduct this number of days from the 1 13 days comprised in that period. Throughout the whole joruney to Omsk, Capt. Pjeshkoff states that he met with no unto- ward or unpleasant circumstances until he reached Tomsk, where he had the misfortune to excite the suspicions of the police, and to be obliged for one night to put up with such accommodation as is usually accorded to suspected people. He was treated at first very rudely by his oflSeial captors, and was only releasetl on furnishing sufficient evi- dence that he had no designs on the life or the property of the citizens. but in those taken on the latter date a con- siderable accession is shown to the white spot surrounding the south pole. It has been known for years that the size of these polar spots varied gradually from time to time, apparently diminishing in the summer and increasing in the winter of their resnective hemispheres. But I believe that this is the first time that the precise date and approxi- mate extent of one of these accessions has been observed. The area affected stretches from the terminator, which at this time was in longitude 70 â- = along parallel â€" .SO " to longitude 110®, thence to longitude 145 latitude â€"45 ® thence to the limb, which was in latitude â€" 85 ° and the 120 meridian, and thence back to the point of starting. It may thus extend also over an un- known area on what was at the time THE INVISIBLE HEMISPHERE of the planet. The visible area included is surprisingly large, amounting to aljout 2,500,000 sq[uare miles, or somewhat less than the area of the United States. Being near the limb, however, it is not as con- spicuous as might at firpt sight lie supposed. " On the morning of April 9 the area was faintly marked out aa if pervaded by haze, or by small separated bodies, too small and far apart, or too faint, to be recognized ui- dividually. But on April 10 the whole re- gion was brilliant, fully equalling that sur- rounding the north pole. In the mean time a much sniidler area on the limb, which on /apt. Pjeshkoff's dress consists of ii short '"^^^^ ^th '^^as very bright, had either vanis'ietl r^AA^A ..^t of„„„„^ i™„f.._ i-_„i. J or joined the main mass by moving east- wardly, considering Mars as a globe. " The date of these events corresponds to the end of the winter season on the southern hemisphere of Mars, or what would be with us about the middle of February. " As to w h It theseobji rvationsmean might most naturally be explained by terrestrial analogies, but be that as it may, the facts are that these appearances are conspicuous upon each of the fourteen photographs, and so distinctly so that no one who had once seen them would hesitate an instant in deciding on which day any particular plate was taken. " ^r r It is quite clear that the appearances pre- sented in the photographs as described by Prof. Pickering might be produced by the driftmg of vast ice fields from the scuthern polar regions of Mars in the direction of the equator. It seems practically impossible, hDwever, that the drifting ice could cover so immense an area in the course of a single day, and a little reflection shows that it is not necessary to assume .so rapid a spread of the ice. It will be observed tliat, as shown ny the photograph taken on April 9, the region m question presented a hazy or per- haps mottled appearance. The next day this had all changed to a brilliant white, the phenomenon of the first day may not improbably have been due to wadded coat, a fur cap, long fur boots, and fur gloves, c. As an extra protection from the cold he wore also a short fur overcoEit, and a bashalik or cowl, which is drawn over his cap whenever it is windy. His arms are a sword, a revolver, and a "Reenshal" or two-edged dagger. His saddle, which is of Moscow make, contains all the necessary conveniences for carrying fodder for hi.*s horse, his own changes of linen, horseshoe nails, and other such necessaries. He car- ried no provisions, buying whatever he re- quired in the shape of food at the different stations and villages on the road. As may be expected, this daring rider was the recipient of many ovations at the towns at which he stayed en route. On the eve of his departure from Omsk the oflcers of the Siberian Cossack regiments stationed in that city gave a grand banquet in his honor. The Snnuner Months. They come ' the merry summer months of beauty, song, and flowers They conie the gladsome months that bring thick leafiness to bowers. Up, up, my heart and walk abroad flin^ cark and care aside ° Seek silent hills, or rest thyself where peace- ful waters glide ' Or, underneath the shadow vast of patri- archal tree, Scan through its leaves the cloudless sky in rapt tranquillity. â€"William Motherwell. After Her. She (enthusiastically)â€" Oh, (Jeorge don't you think the greatest joy in life is the pur- suit of the good, the true and the beauti- ful He night -You bet that's why I'm here to A Thong^tfol Sponse. " Why do you have that great pitcher of watar on the wmdow siUâ€" to keen it cool snppose?" r i THE PRESENCE OF ICE FIELDS of great extent that had gradually accumu- lated Tinder the influence of polar currents 1 resembling the Labrador current that brings j do\vn our icebergs. The fogs and mists tb-t I commonly hang over large fields of ice t..at have drifted into warmer latitudes would assist in producing the hazy appearance re- corded by the photograph. Then an inflow of wann moist air from the southward over the ice fields would suffice to account for the suddin blanching of the whole region the next day through the formatidn of a vast sheet of cloud, such as not infrequently, un- der somewhat similar circumstances, covers extensive areas on the earth. It is well «f a 7^ *^* ^Â¥ "PPe" surfaces of clouds re- of iQjct the snnsbwea* brilliantly as new-fallen ' ^T" I. J* f^' P^*7 **»»* photographs were wWi*^**u^ M^glhtuhwe bpen ^s^pnniied principal cansfe of th^ phenomenon. ^^"'^^ iices in meter. to discover the points o/i^^JSiilS as of divergence among ti,e various memW of tlie solar system, and the nmny vw "f which they are linked together. " lie 1 " can never again be regai-,le,l, a. the v 1 sometimes been as mere glol.es .,f n.atto furnishing by their motions beautiful ' tical problems for the mathemati.ia,, u," possessing in themselves no closer iiuere^ foi- us. In place of the strange .Ireams m Swedenborg, the stately iniagiuiiu-. of I), Chalmers, or the fanciful noiioiis uf Ketfer and Huygens, about the inhaljitants of tie other planets, we are getting from dav to day views of the actual condition of thires on the surfaces of those globes which, purzl- ing as they often appeal-, nevertheless give us a substantial ground upon which to Le opinions as to their fitness to be inhabited Man 'sintellectual possessions and sympathies are widened by every discover}- of'this kind. He finds himself dwelling not meielv on the crust of a planet, but in the centre of a family of worlds. n Home Matters. Whole cloves, it is said, will externiicate the moth. Powdered chalk and vinegar are good for a burn. After eggs are broken they should be covered until used. Brass work can lie kept beautifully bright by occasionally rubbing with salt and nne- gar. Washing floors and shelves with strong pepper tea, or hot alum or borax water, will destroy ants and roaches. Fine sliavings from soft pine wood make a pleasant pillow. Tliey have special cura- tive virtues for coughs, asthmatic or lung troubles. When acid of any kind gets on clothing, spirits of ammonia will kill it. Apply chloro- form to restore the color. A little borax put in the water before wash- ing red or red-bordered table cloths and napkins will prevent their fading. Salt as a tooth powder is better than al- most anything that can be Iwuglit. It keeps the teeth brilliantly white and the gums hard and rosy. If a cellar has a damp smell and cannot be thorouglily ventilated a few trays of charcoal set around on the floor, shelves and ledges will make the air pure and sweet. Broken and crooked carpet tacks clean bottles very nicely. They are l)etter ' shot, for- the sharp edges clean off al stains. Keep them in a box for cleansing bottles. Take black court plaster, moisten enougli to make it stick, and \v.m the small cracks and holes in your silk umbrella by pressing it on the wrong side with a Mann iron over a thin paper. The simplest wav to funiigite a ro.ini « to heat an iron shovel very hot ami then poi.r vinegar up m it, drop by -Irop. The steam arising from this is a disinfectant. UMr^o windows should be opened that u ma} escape. Hair brushes should be washed in soda and warm water or ammonia ami coM v. aie dipping the bristles frequentlv dow-n]»^^a into the water, but keeping the back=^ dry as possible. When the bnstl loot clean rinse the brush in cold w.ater, »l.aK without wiping the bristles ami set it .ni air to dry. Soap should not be usejl, toi softens the bristles. Clam CiiowDEn.-Boil a peek of chms m When, the sheUs «P water and \m 1- J 'ili.-p an onion sliced. •l"-6 " tlie iwtatoes are a few liaii all the use in crackers a quart of water. ta le out the meat, strain the wate, in it six potatoes, and fry in pork. ^^ hen nearly done add t'le onion soaked in milk, salt, pepper, batter, and last the clams. -•^'" â- ,;„ and needed to thin it. Boil fifteen mun.ues then serve. a spoonful of Add inilK a5 Banana Shokt Cakeâ€" One c«p^^- .,^_ sugar and flour, one-half cup ol three eggs, one teaspoonful of "» lakingpo' each of Hiilt. iwder. Bike in two or three layers. pint of milk, one egg corn starch flavor FilliiiK- fr.l of one tablespooD^y; ..... o„„ -- T"" "'"oneachlaver cold spread with sliced bananas on eac of filling. X(jr If THE Feet .4ke Tired or. P-*{;^"',a'ly long standing great relief can ^^^^^j (,, bathing them in salt w.iter. ^^p.,-. salt to a gallon of water is the ugM V^ i^^_ tion. Have the water as hot f f^,i,ro«- „ ^.r.^. T.nmerse the feet au" too fortably borne. water over the legs .= "â-  â€" i^couie^ '"" the hands. When the «ater bej° ^^ cool rub briskly with a «esh w ^^^^ method, if used night and mornuig. neuralgia of the feet. ^j j^r Tomato BisQrE.-Into tvro qu^J ^^ ^if kind of soup stock put one qua ^m tomatoes, boil up 10 ^^^^i,,l^^^ through a fine strainer, replace ^^ or or sti w pan- and add one quan. ^i rich milk and bring to a boU, ^J large tablespoonful of corn s^ smoothed in milk, stir "»»:• f^ddl^ creamy, and just before sen^'S^te. »«11 teaspoonful of soda. Seaton toj ,^d â- ^ crackers that have been with large cracsera .-.â€" â-  •- p„e browned in the oven. »er»«; plate, on ' ^o one has coi oristic treasures speare, says a wi -wt. In at least o a saying upon w where, liad never Y}: The saying Juhet," where v at scars who ne\-( to the very founil as described bv -\ »nly those who 1, teelforthesuflferi Our coantrymc ot suffieientlv ten ^ves over this q "*o a proverb; it «Peare to find tl fympathy and it; ^1 mostly cont.( ^r^Uened thei « Keep- your 1 W.f â- " °^ i" i^dleyour ou J^^ever, have a *f poetical as the "^y be thus rend ^^ hools have „ fields Ts^i^% know yields This is almost a •^* suffering (H •"•^urrere dilco" W^ neyer lesl so g^?**t.s[; -pngnaflce-in divulging what « i^J, as what is merely ridiculou»- •feifc ,, itia^itakMmL.:,^